Guest guest Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Sandy how inspiring and rewarding for you too. There used to be a hot air balloon event in our area each year and it was marvelous to go to the pre-dawn breakfast and launch. Awesome indeed to see those colorful balloons light up from burning gas and then drift away in the first lights of day. Going up in one would so not be my thing - I'm not a heights person at all. Great bucket list accomplishment!! Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > I fulfilled one more of my bucket list dreams. I took a hot air balloon > ride. It was awesome! Just too short. We had to land on a golf course > because the wind and fuel wouldn't get us back to the airport. We were > unable to take off from the airport too because the wind was blowing towards > the ocean. And we all agreed we didn't want to land in the ocean. When we > landed on the golf course we had to " walk " the balloon back to the access > road. There were 6 of us helping to guide the balloon while the pilot > controlled the air trying to keep the basket off the ground but not go too > high. It was a lot of work. I have a new respect for those folk who do > this for a living. And they have to go through a lot to get and keep > current their license. And the balloons can run around $60,000 or more, not > to mention the fuel, etc. We flew low and could see the cows and horses, a > deer, hawks, lakes, sunrise. It was all so beautiful. And the people were > great. It was very peaceful but not exhilarating like sky diving. I did get > some pictures and will post them when I get a chance at Barbie's. LOL Sandy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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